If you’ve been hiding under a rock this week, Cam Newton has signed with the New England Patriots. There was plenty of pre-draft speculation that Belichick would sign Newton prior to the NFL draft, but his patience has paid off. Now that the quarterback market has completely evaporated, Belichick has signed a former NFL MVP, who is only 31 years old for cents on the dollar.
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Back in March, I did a four-part series on the incoming rookie class. Now, it’s time to go back through my takes and examine how they’ve changed in the past few months. I’ve included all four of my original articles and all my live post-draft takes as links at the bottom of this article. I’ll start with part one, which covered quarterbacks.
Rookie Redraft Update: Part 1 Read More »
Recently, the DFF team and I participated in a PPR, superflex, 1.5 PPR tight end premium redraft mock. Unlike our previous mock draft breakdowns, I’m not planning to go team-by-team and discuss how much I like each roster. However, I’ll reference my team, which I drafted from the 1.05 slot, as a basis for my general thoughts. The point of this exercise was to look at quarterback value and tight end value in this format and draw conclusions about strategy. In this first part, I’ll discuss how to handle the quarterback position in redraft superflex leagues, compared to both dynasty superflex and redraft 1QB formats.
Redraft SF/TE Prem Mock Draft: QB Strategy Read More »
In this series, I’m looking at the backup quarterback landscape with a focus on dynasty superflex formats. In those leagues, having a starting quarterback is extremely valuable, and backups are one step away. Therefore, depending on league size, anywhere from a few to all the backup quarterbacks in the league are rostered. Keep in mind that these backups are the backup in dynasty value, not necessarily the backup on the NFL depth chart.
Superflex Dynasty Backup QBs: Tier 3 Read More »
In this series, I’m looking at the backup quarterback landscape with a focus on dynasty superflex formats. In those leagues, having a starting quarterback is extremely valuable, so many backups are rostered, with the number depending on how deep the league is. Keep in mind that the backup listed here is the backup in dynasty value, not necessarily the backup on the NFL roster. In part one, I examined the top tier of dynasty backups, the potential future long-term starters. Let’s jump into the second tier. Unlike the first tier, this second group consists of a varied and diverse set of quarterbacks.
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In this series, I will examine the backup quarterback landscape with a focus on dynasty superflex formats. In those leagues, having a starting quarterback is extremely valuable, so many backups are rostered, with the number depending on how deep the league is. I’ll split the backups into tiers, starting from the most valuable down to the least. Keep in mind that the backup listed here is the backup in dynasty value, not necessarily the backup on the NFL roster. With that said, let’s jump into the top group.
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In this three-piece series, I’m going to look back at how I did with predicting each category of streamer, starting with quarterbacks. To qualify as a potential streamer, a player needed to be 40% owned or less, according to ESPN’s ownership percentage data.
A Look Back: My 2019 Streaming QBs Read More »
In this series of articles, I’m looking at rookies from the 2019 class that can be removed from your taxi squads to make room for 2020 rookies. These are players that all have little to no dynasty value, but dynasty owners selected in at least some 2019 rookie drafts. This is the quarterback edition.
Taxi Squad Spring Cleaning Part 4: QB Edition Read More »
When it comes to Lamar Jackson, despite his eye-popping 1,200+ yards rushing, a 66% completion percentage, and 36 touchdown passes vs. only 6 interceptions, some people still aren’t convinced he’s worthy of a first round pick in redraft.
Lamar Jackson is a First Round Pick in Redraft Read More »
The most significant move the Cowboys made was to re-sign Cooper to a 5-year, $100 million contract extension. While the extension seems massive, the contract actually represents a 2-year, $40 million deal. Cooper’s signing bonus, 2020, and 2021 salaries are guaranteed, but everything after that is not.
Dallas and Their Stars Read More »
Historically, there has been a strong narrative in the football community about QB size despite players like Russell Wilson and Kyler Murray balling out on Sundays. The QB size debate begins with how tall a QB is and if it affects their ability to make reads of the defense on passing plays. There has been a lot of discussion around QB hand size and its correlation to QB performance in cold-weather games. Analysts have even studied QB weight and how it translates to their durability in the NFL. So I decided to use my newly released college prospect database and explore BMI and QB performance. Before going any further, there needs to be a brief overview of BMI. BMI compares an individual’s weight to their height and it’s used to describe their level of body fat or thickness. The index was derived from the works of the Belgian thinker, Adolphe Quetelet.
Quarterbacks: Rightfully Untouched by the BMI Hysteria Read More »
Author Note: Recently, I received an email from stathead (a mailer from the great sports statistics website sports-reference.com). The email detailed the NFL statistical leaders of the 1920s. I took notice that Benny Friedman threw a league-leading 40 touchdown passes during the decade. From my past research, I knew that was a lot for the
RB Theorem: Benny Friedman’s 40 Read More »
Every year you see fantasy players draft quarterbacks because ‘The team will be passing more’ when the team is losing, but what if I told you this isn’t the way you should be looking at how to draft quarterbacks? Did you know, since the beginning of the 2000 NFL season (606 games), that for each fantasy football point per game scored by a quarterback, their team’s wins for the given season increases by roughly 0.4 wins.
How Does a Quarterback’s Fantasy Production Impact Team Winning Percentage? Read More »
2019 AAC: Devy QBs & RBs Read More »
Do not get bogged down in the semantics about how all these landing spots can come to fruition. Just read and have fun disagreeing with me. Kyler Murray to the Washington Redskins: The DC metro area is still ravaged by the Robert Griffin III debacle. If [profiler]Kyler Murray[/profiler] is to become a Redskin, you can
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Daniel Jones Miami to the Dolphins: To be the QB at a basketball powerhouse like Duke you have to have poise! Jones has displayed an extraordinary amount of poise under pressure while with the Blue Devils. Unfortunately, for Dolphins fans, Jones is being compared to Ryan Tannehill. I see it in a sense, but Jones’s
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In this series, I‘m going to take a look at each offensive position’s free agent class and break them down for potential fantasy production going forward. Much like the incoming rookie quarterback class, this season’s free agent quarterback class leaves a lot to be desired. There is minimal fantasy upside to much of this group,
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Introduction: Duke QB Daniel Jones has a high probability of being a 1st Round selection come draft day. He’s got the size and the so-called intangibles. He’s certainly made it known he thinks he has the leadership ability. Tom Coughlin is likely going to take one look at the Blue Devil, see Jones’ resume with
Daniel Jones: Not the Answer Read More »
Kyle Shurmur, Sr, QB, Vanderbilt Ht: 6’4” Wt: 225 2017 Stats: 57.8 comp %, 2,823 yds, 26TD, 10 Int, 137 rating Coming into the college football season two words have been missing from the prospect class. STAR POWER. The QB crop for the coming 2019 NFL Draft is far from impressive and could be one
NFL Draft Scouting Snapshot: Kyle Shurmur, QB, Vanderbilt Read More »
We are through four weeks of the season which is essentially a quarter of the year for most teams. So I am going to look at the first round of the draft and rank each positional players by how well they have done based on expectations for them and overall performances. I’ll begin with the
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